About.com http://ms.about.com/
Get the latest headlines from the About.com About.comhttp://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hhhttp://www.about.com/
11820en-us2014-05-31T20:13:31ZSat, 31 May 2014 20:13:31 +0000hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00Multiple Sclerosis and Drivinghttp://ms.about.com/b/2014/05/31/multiple-sclerosis-and-driving.htm
<p>I stopped driving for over 8 years because of my multiple sclerosis (MS). I found it scary to be behind the wheel in a way that is very difficult to describe. I just was never sure that I was doing the right thing or would be able to react to something happening on the road correctly or in time.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ms.about.com/b/2014/05/31/multiple-sclerosis-and-driving.htm">Read Full Post</a></p>http://ms.about.com/b/2014/05/31/multiple-sclerosis-and-driving.htmSat, 31 May 2014 20:20:41 +00002014-05-31T20:20:41ZQ. How does multiple sclerosis impact my children?http://ms.about.com/b/2014/05/31/q-how-does-multiple-sclerosis-impact-my-children.htm
<p>A. Any parent with multiple sclerosis knows that MS definitely introduces challenges to an already difficult job. Taking care of children at different ages can be physically grueling, and some of the fatigue and mobility symptoms that come with MS can really intensify the challenges for parents, even resulting in activities that get canceled and a "smaller" world for kids that have to adapt when Mom or Dad just <em>can't </em>do things.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ms.about.com/b/2014/05/31/q-how-does-multiple-sclerosis-impact-my-children.htm">Read Full Post</a></p>http://ms.about.com/b/2014/05/31/q-how-does-multiple-sclerosis-impact-my-children.htmSat, 31 May 2014 20:13:31 +00002014-05-31T20:13:31ZThe MS Symptoms That Come and Gohttp://ms.about.com/b/2014/04/30/the-ms-symptoms-that-come-and-go.htm
<p>I'm writing to remind you that as things start to heat up, you may experience more paroxysmal symptoms. These are those lovely MS symptoms that appear and make things difficult or uncomfortable for awhile, then go away as quickly as they showed up.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ms.about.com/b/2014/04/30/the-ms-symptoms-that-come-and-go.htm">Read Full Post</a></p>http://ms.about.com/b/2014/04/30/the-ms-symptoms-that-come-and-go.htmWed, 30 Apr 2014 18:58:42 +00002014-04-30T18:58:42ZDaily Physical Activity and MS http://ms.about.com/b/2014/04/30/daily-physical-activity-and-ms.htm
<p>Just yesterday, it was mid-morning and I was sitting on the couch in a stupor. I had just gotten up about an hour before, yet I felt like I was at the very end of a very long day. I was groggy and not entirely happy.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ms.about.com/b/2014/04/30/daily-physical-activity-and-ms.htm">Read Full Post</a></p>http://ms.about.com/b/2014/04/30/daily-physical-activity-and-ms.htmWed, 30 Apr 2014 18:43:19 +00002014-04-30T18:43:19ZDo you and your MS doctor share decisions?http://ms.about.com/b/2014/04/30/do-you-and-your-ms-doctor-share-decisions.htm
<p>This is an interesting topic for me. I know that many people are used to going to the doctor, reporting symptoms and getting handed a prescription. Most of the conversation typically has to do with clarifying timing and severity of symptoms.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ms.about.com/b/2014/04/30/do-you-and-your-ms-doctor-share-decisions.htm">Read Full Post</a></p>http://ms.about.com/b/2014/04/30/do-you-and-your-ms-doctor-share-decisions.htmWed, 30 Apr 2014 18:28:51 +00002014-04-30T18:28:51ZMarijuana for MS Does Have Its Limits http://ms.about.com/b/2014/04/30/marijuana-for-ms-does-have-its-limits.htm
<p>I am a huge fan of the use of medical marijuana to lessen MS symptoms - I know it can lessen pain, tremor, spasticity and a host of other malfunction or discomfort that our bodies present us with.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ms.about.com/b/2014/04/30/marijuana-for-ms-does-have-its-limits.htm">Read Full Post</a></p>http://ms.about.com/b/2014/04/30/marijuana-for-ms-does-have-its-limits.htmWed, 30 Apr 2014 12:33:14 +00002014-04-30T12:33:14ZTried Probiotics for MS Constipation?http://ms.about.com/b/2014/04/30/tried-probiotics-for-ms-constipation.htm
<p>Lately, regardless of what I do, I have been extremely constipated. I follow all of the standard recommendations - I eat huge amounts of fiber, drink more water than I ever thought possible, I exercise, I try to keep a regular schedule - all of the strategies that are supposed to keep things moving. I take stool softeners, but am not a huge fan of temporary solutions.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ms.about.com/b/2014/04/30/tried-probiotics-for-ms-constipation.htm">Read Full Post</a></p>http://ms.about.com/b/2014/04/30/tried-probiotics-for-ms-constipation.htmWed, 30 Apr 2014 12:20:13 +00002014-04-30T12:20:13ZMarijuana Pills and Spray May Help MS Symptomshttp://ms.about.com/b/2014/03/31/marijuana-pills-and-spray-may-help-ms-symptoms.htm
<p>With Colorado recently legalizing the use of medical marijuana, people love to ask me if I would use it (I think they really want to know if I am currently using it) for my MS symptoms. They are no doubt disappointed when I tell them that I would definitely use it if I had spasticity or other symptoms, but those aren't my biggest problems. Since my main symptoms are fatigue and cognitive dysfunction, I cannot imagine that pot would do anything but make those worse (but I probably wouldn't care about them as much if I did use some marijuana).</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ms.about.com/b/2014/03/31/marijuana-pills-and-spray-may-help-ms-symptoms.htm">Read Full Post</a></p>http://ms.about.com/b/2014/03/31/marijuana-pills-and-spray-may-help-ms-symptoms.htmMon, 31 Mar 2014 11:21:39 +00002014-03-31T11:21:39ZBody Temperature and Multiple Sclerosis Fatiguehttp://ms.about.com/b/2014/03/31/body-temperature-and-multiple-sclerosis-fatigue.htm
<p>I had no idea that resting body temperature could be different among different groups of people (who did not have an infection, that is). Turns out that it can.</p>
<p>In <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.archives-pmr.org/article/S0003-9993(14)00126-9/abstract">this study</a>, researchers took the temperature and tested 40 healthy controls, 50 people with relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) and 22 people with secondary-progressive MS (SPMS) for general fatigue, physical fatigue and cognitive fatigue. Here is what they found:</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ms.about.com/b/2014/03/31/body-temperature-and-multiple-sclerosis-fatigue.htm">Read Full Post</a></p>http://ms.about.com/b/2014/03/31/body-temperature-and-multiple-sclerosis-fatigue.htmMon, 31 Mar 2014 08:19:19 +00002014-03-31T08:19:19Z"MS Guilt" and Summerhttp://ms.about.com/b/2014/03/30/ms-guilt-and-summer.htm
<p>It's getting closer to high season for what I call "MS guilt." That is the guilt that many of us feel when we cannot do everything that we want to and we are convinced that we are disappointing everyone around us.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://ms.about.com/b/2014/03/30/ms-guilt-and-summer.htm">Read Full Post</a></p>http://ms.about.com/b/2014/03/30/ms-guilt-and-summer.htmSun, 30 Mar 2014 17:21:52 +00002014-03-30T17:21:52Z